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My New Web Site

Hey, just a quick one today. I'm working on a couple of new websites, one in Flash and one in HTML so it's static. The Flash one is finished first mainly because I cheated and used a programme called WIX. It's an online Flash web building site and after a bit of practice you can get good results.
Here it is http://www.wix.com/dadfap/africa and as you can see it's mainly about our travels in Africa. It's a work in progress, so bear with me while I get some quirks sorted out and speed up the whole loading process. If you have comments I am looking forward to hearing from you. Especially inportant is feedback about how quickly the site loads.
I hope you enjoy it!

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The winner scooped the pool, taking the entire winning purse in one wild, 8 second ride. With a bit of showboating, you can see that he is pretty happy about it.

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photographing wild dogs …................. phone loses every time! The Kruger is
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